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From the article, if Viesturs says they should have given a rescue a go, that is a pretty good source.

David Sharp was not so lucky and many of the world's top climbers have reacted to the incident with little surprise. American Ed Viesturs, who has scaled all 14 of the world's 8,000-meter peaks without bottled oxygen, told Seattle Times, "This isn't the first time this has happened, passing people who are dying is not uncommon. Unfortunately, there are those who say, 'It's not my problem. I've spent all this money and I'm going to the summit.' "

Viesturs himself helped to rescue a lady climber a few years back just 300 feet beneath Everest's summit. "We put her on oxygen right away, and we carefully pushed and pulled her down the mountain," Viesturs told Seattle Times. "If you're strong enough to mount a summit attempt, you're strong enough to attempt a rescue, or at least sit there with him and try to provide a little comfort."

Recall when Krakauer wrote his first article for Outside mag about the Everest disaster back around 1995 he made a few serious factual errors. He corrected them in his book to his credit.

I still say they should have made an attempt to get the guy off the mountain.

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